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Any consideration of the 20th century would be incomplete without a discussion of Nazi Germany, an extraordinary regime which dominated European history for 12 years, and left a legacy that still ec……続きを見る

This scholarly study of the Royal Navy's WWII light cruisers presents extensive design, performance, and engagement analysis of each ship. When the Second World War began, the ten British 'Town' cla……続きを見る

The odyssey of 600,000 imperial Japanese soldiers incarcerated in Soviet labor camps after World War II and their fraught repatriation to postwar Japan. In August 1945 the Soviet Union seized the Ja……続きを見る

Flight to Arras is a memoir recounting the author's role in the French Air Force as pilot of a reconnaissance plane during the Battle of France in 1940. The book condenses months of his flights into……続きを見る

The deadliest war in history brought to life through bold, easy-to-grasp maps In this stunning visual history ebook, purpose-made maps reveal the full story of the Second World War. From the rise of……続きを見る

War is often described as an extension of politics by violent means. With contributions from twenty-eight eminent historians, Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of the Second World War examines the r……続きを見る

*WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2023* ***A NEW YORKER BOOK OF THE YEAR* 'The best book about the subject I have ever read' Max Hastings, Sunday Times** A sweeping history of occupation and resi……続きを見る

During World War II, the Japanese military extended Japan’s civilian licensing regime for domestic brothels to those next to its overseas bases. It did so for a simple reason: to impose the strenuou……続きを見る

The German offensive on Stalingrad was originally intended to secure the Wehrmacht’s flanks, but it stalled dramatically in the face of Stalin's order: “Not a Step Back!” The Soviets’ resulting tena……続きを見る

A history of the Soviet Navy's cruisers, from the opening shots of the October Revolution through to the combat they saw during World War II. The Soviet Navy of World War II boasted a cruiser fleet ……続きを見る

"A gripping read with fascinating political insight." (Sunday Times, London) "Elegant, elegiac and poignant...Thubron is an intrepid traveler, a shrewd observer and a lyrical guide... to the river, ……続きを見る

This lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development and operational history of the British-made tanks in World War II. Plagued by unreliable vehicles and poorly thought-out doctrine, th……続きを見る

The Rout of the German-Fascist Troops in Belorussia in 1944 covers the Red Army's Belorussian strategic operation: the linchpin of the 10 major Soviet offensive efforts launched that year to clear t……続きを見る

Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for the Republican army during the Spanish Civil War. The war was one of the shaping events on hi……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[Timothy] Snyder identifies the conditions that allowed the Holocaustーconditions our society today shares. . . . He certainly couldn’t be more right about our world.”ー……続きを見る

The thrilling true story of agent A12, the earliest enemy of the Nazis “Brilliantly researched. . . . A page-turner, one of those books not to be missed.” ーRosemary Sullivan, author of Stalin’s Dau……続きを見る

This fully illustrated volume compares two of the most iconic AFV's: the SU-152/ISU-152 and the Tiger, used on the Eastern Front during World War II. On the Eastern Front in 1943, the Tiger-equipped……続きを見る

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan W. Jordanーauthor of Brothers, Rivals, Victorsーcomes the intimate true story of President Franklin Roosevelt’s inner circle of military leadership, t……続きを見る

**THE SUNDAY TIMES NO 1. BESTSELLER 'Astonishing . . . Sheds riveting new light on this breathtaking plan'** Daily Mail 'A rollicking read' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Brilliant and almost absurdly ……続きを見る

The goal we have set ourselves with this series of four volumes, written in four hands, is to give an overall picture of the Divisions formed by the Army of the R.S.I. to the departments used in the……続きを見る

Dive into this New York Times bestseller that explores how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of warーfrom the creator and host of the podcast Revisionist History. **“Truly compellin……続きを見る

Royal Navy Uniforms 1930-1945 uses over 400 illustrations - both period images and new colour photographs of original items - to show the clothing of both Officers and Ratings in World War II and du……続きを見る

Formed in 1940 the Long Range Desert Group was the first Allied Special Forces unit established to operate behind German and Italian lines in North Africa. Its officers and men were volunteers recru……続きを見る

This anthology is the first sustained examination of American involvement in World War II through an environmental lens. World War II was a total and global war that involved the extraction, process……続きを見る

The Grumman F4F Wildcat was a single-engine fighter embarked to media wing developed by the US Air Force Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in the late thirties; produced between the end of th……続きを見る

As the United States began its campaign against numerous Japanese-held islands in the Pacific, Japanese tactics required them to develop new weapons and strategies. One of the most crucial to the is……続きを見る

The unlikely but true story of the Japanese American Citizens League's fight for an official government apology and compensation for the imprisonment of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans during W……続きを見る

1943 was the turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic, when the balance of forces, technologies and tactics turned irrevocably against Germany's U-boats. The victory thus obtained not only secure……続きを見る

From the Big Bang to Hiroshima, The Bomb is the multi-award-winning black-and-white graphic novel revealing the incredible story of the most disastrous weapon ever invented, by writers Alcante and L……続きを見る

历史上三国时期战乱频仍，但因历史线索错综复杂、史料记载匮乏、考古发现有限，所以目前对三国兵争要地、攻守战略的研究成果并不多。本书作者对三国时期魏、蜀、吴三国军事重镇、军事方略进行细致考索和论述，对三……続きを見る